Prudent men lock up their motives, letting familiars have a key to their hearts, as to their garden.

Whoe'er excels in what we prize, appears a hero in our eyes.

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

Those who are incapable of shining out by dress would do well to consider that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage.